Kansas Rewrites Science Standards Again

Feb 14, 2007
Kansas Rewrites Science Standards Again (AP)
Kansas Board of Education Chairman Bill Wagnon, left, and board member Kenneth Willard discuss science standards after the board adopted new, evolution-friendly science standards for Kansas public schools in a 6-4 vote in Topeka, Kan., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2007. Wagnon voted for the standards while Willard voted against them as the board changed the science standards for the fifth time in eight years. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

(AP) -- Kansas has repealed public school science guidelines questioning the theory of evolution that brought the state international ridicule, but educators aren't sure how long it will be before the decision is overturned.



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